2/25 Women’s Basketball Top 25 Rankings
February 25, 2019 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Baylor | Baylor cruised past Kansas and methodically took care of Iowa State 73-60 on Saturday in Ames. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
Connecticut | UConn is in a nice groove right now as they have won seven straight games and blew out Memphis and Tulsa. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame was dominant this week as they beat NC State by 23 and Duke by 28 points. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Louisville | Cardinals bounced back from the Miami loss in a big way as they had little trouble with Virginia and Boston College. | 5 |
| 5 |  |
Mississippi State | Teaira McCowan’s 23 points propelled Mississippi State to a 86-70 win over Vanderbilt to wrap up a 2-0 week. | 6 |
| 6 |  |
Oregon | Ducks went 1-2 this week, dropping tough ones at Oregon State and to UCLA and will need Ruthy Hebard to get healthy. | 2 |
| 7 |  |
Oregon State | Beavers take care of business this week as they beat Oregon, USC, and UCLA at home in tough grind it out fashion. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
Stanford | Alanna Smith and Kianna Williams led Stanford to a dominant 71-50 win over Arizona State for their fourth win in a row. | 14 |
| 9 |  |
Maryland | Kaila Charles hit a buzzer beater on Thursday night to send Maryland to a 71-69 win over a tough Minnesota team. | 13 |
| 10 |  |
Iowa | Iowa controlled the majority of the game at Indiana but the Hawkeyes weren’t able to finish in a 75-73 loss to the Hoosiers. | 8 |
| 11 |  |
NC State | Wolfpack went 2-1 this week as they beat North Carolina and Wake Forest, but lost to Notre Dame. | 10 |
| 12 |  |
Miami (FL) | It was a week of mixed results for Miami as they lost at Virginia Tech 73-65 on Thursday night and beat Florida State on Sunday. | 7 |
| 13 |  |
Marquette | Cold shooting cost Marquette in a loss to Butler but the Golden Eagles recovered to beat Xavier 79-53. | 11 |
| 14 |  |
Kentucky | Rhyne Howard, Taylor Murray and Maci Murray all scored in double figures to lead Kentucky to a win at South Carolina. | 17 |
| 15 |  |
Gonzaga | Bulldogs pick up a sweep of their two games with solid road wins over Santa Clara and USF to improve to 25-3 on the year. | 16 |
| 16 |  |
South Carolina | Bianca Cuevas-Moore scored 28 points to lead South Carolina to a 82-67 win at Tennessee to salvage a split this week. | 12 |
| 17 |  |
Texas | Joyner Holmes scored 20 points to propel Texas to a 81-57 win over Texas Tech on Saturday. A trip to Waco is next up. | 18 |
| 18 |  |
Syracuse | Emily Engstler’s 17 points ignited Syracuse to a 90-63 blowout win over Pittsburgh in their lone game of the week. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Rice | Nancy Mulkey scored 24 points to lead Rice to a 69-47 win over North Texas to clinch the CUSA title for the Owls. | 21 |
| 20 |  |
Arizona State | Sun Devils dropped a pair of games in the Bay Area against Cal and Stanford and will host the Oregon schools next week. | 15 |
| 21 |  |
Drake | Drake cruised past Evansville and Indiana State this week to improve their record to 21-5 on the year. | 24 |
| 22 |  |
Iowa State | Cyclones pick up a split this week as they had little trouble in a 91-70 win over Oklahoma and lost at home to Baylor. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
DePaul | Blue Demons have picked up their play in the second half of Big East conference play as they have won six in a row. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Florida State | Seminoles drop the rivalry game at Miami 64-54 as they just couldn’t get anything going at the offensive end of the court. | 23 |
| 25 |  |
South Dakota State | Jackrabbits win the rematch against South Dakota 82-78 in double overtime to take control of the Summit League race. | NR |
